Phew, you're EXTREMELY thorough Griff!!! Thanks for that.
All the Best, BRIAN ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: griffwason <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Fri, 26 March, 2010 7:23:05 Subject: [SHADO] Ayshea Brough "Bruff" Here's an interesting extract from the UFO Press Book in Marc's www.ufuseries. com website - there's even info about how she likes her name pronounced.. . I think it may have been written by Gerry as it is written in his style ;) http://ufoseries. com/marketing/ pressBook. txt ------------ --------- "A" STANDS FOR AYSHEA A large gold "A" hanging from a thin gold chain identifies her as Ayshea, the girl who plays Operator 2 of SHADO personnel in the "U.F.O." series - and it was because she was wearing it when auditioned for the role that it was decided that she should be the only regular to display any jewellery. Apart from this, she is clad only in a tight-fitting nylon cat suit which encases her from neck to toe, with a belt containing such essentials as lipstick that a girl needs to see her through the day. Ayshea is also the only girl in the series to be seen with her own hair - jet-black hair that goes with dark brown eyes and an exotic glamour that comes of having a father from Kashmir. She has two further distinctions. At 5'3 1/2", she is one of the smaller girls in the cast. And she is the girl who opens the series in the first episode when, wearing a striking orange suit for her "cover" as a film studio girl, the camera tracks behind her for some distance, showing only her very shapely rear portions. Ayshea really is her name, and it's the only name she uses, even for her bank account. Her surname used to be Hague, but it became Brough soon after the series had gone into production and she married her record producer Christopher Brough (son of Peter Brough). Ayshea is pronounced _Eye_-sha. "Which," she agrees, "sounds like a sneeze,and now that I'm married it sounds as though I've got a cough as well!" Ayshea was born at Highgate, London. Her father is a former cosmetic manufacturer who also broadcast for the BBC during the war years; her mother is ex-actress Rosalie Andrews, who gave up the stage when she eloped at the age of 19. Because her mother loved France, Ayshea was brought up there until returning to London to attend the Arts Educational School, and she made her film debut at the age of nine in "Tom Thumb". She studied acting, dancing (classical and modern ballet), singing and modelling, and became a photographic model. But modelling had its complications: "Because I had the face of a twelve-year- old, but a matured figure!" Her extraordinarily, fascinatingly deep singing voice took her into recording (with three singles and her first album made during the production of "U.F.O.") and cabaret. As a cabaret artiste, she has reached top billing on one of the biggest circuits, and it was her singing that provided her with her first major TV break when she guested on the "Discotheque" programme andwas asked to remain as a regular singer and commere. The show ran early in1969, and while in "U.F.O.", Ayshea was signed up for a further series of the programme. Her other TV appearances have included a wide range from "Othello" to "Mickey Dunne". Her movie appearances include "The Winslow Affair" and "Nine Hours to Rama". In the theatre she has appeared in "The King and I" and a mimeplay at Drury Lane. But her stage, film and TV appearances had nothing whatever to do with her being cast for her role in "U.F.O." - it was an ultra-glamorous picture of her in a Sunday newspaper that did the trick! Of her eye-catching, pale grey catsuit, which at first glance makes one wonder if she has anything on at all except for her belt and insignia, Ayshea says: "I was embarrassed at first because it made me feel naked, although Iwas covered from head to toe! Now I love it because it makes one feel so free and easy. If this is the clothing of the future, I'm all in favour of it!" ------------ --------- Hope this helps, Griff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Thanks for highlighting that source Griff and to Marc for uploading it - fascinating to find out more about more about UFO's background performers.
AB --- On Fri, 26/3/10, Brian Serridge <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Brian Serridge <[hidden email]> Subject: Fw: [SHADO] Ayshea Brough "Bruff" To: [hidden email] Date: Friday, 26 March, 2010, 13:24 Phew, you're EXTREMELY thorough Griff!!! Thanks for that. All the Best, BRIAN ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: griffwason <griff@griffwason. com> To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, 26 March, 2010 7:23:05 Subject: [SHADO] Ayshea Brough "Bruff" Here's an interesting extract from the UFO Press Book in Marc's www.ufuseries. com website - there's even info about how she likes her name pronounced.. . I think it may have been written by Gerry as it is written in his style ;) http://ufoseries. com/marketing/ pressBook. txt ------------ --------- "A" STANDS FOR AYSHEA A large gold "A" hanging from a thin gold chain identifies her as Ayshea, the girl who plays Operator 2 of SHADO personnel in the "U.F.O." series - and it was because she was wearing it when auditioned for the role that it was decided that she should be the only regular to display any jewellery. Apart from this, she is clad only in a tight-fitting nylon cat suit which encases her from neck to toe, with a belt containing such essentials as lipstick that a girl needs to see her through the day. Ayshea is also the only girl in the series to be seen with her own hair - jet-black hair that goes with dark brown eyes and an exotic glamour that comes of having a father from Kashmir. She has two further distinctions. At 5'3 1/2", she is one of the smaller girls in the cast. And she is the girl who opens the series in the first episode when, wearing a striking orange suit for her "cover" as a film studio girl, the camera tracks behind her for some distance, showing only her very shapely rear portions. Ayshea really is her name, and it's the only name she uses, even for her bank account. Her surname used to be Hague, but it became Brough soon after the series had gone into production and she married her record producer Christopher Brough (son of Peter Brough). Ayshea is pronounced _Eye_-sha. "Which," she agrees, "sounds like a sneeze,and now that I'm married it sounds as though I've got a cough as well!" Ayshea was born at Highgate, London. Her father is a former cosmetic manufacturer who also broadcast for the BBC during the war years; her mother is ex-actress Rosalie Andrews, who gave up the stage when she eloped at the age of 19. Because her mother loved France, Ayshea was brought up there until returning to London to attend the Arts Educational School, and she made her film debut at the age of nine in "Tom Thumb". She studied acting, dancing (classical and modern ballet), singing and modelling, and became a photographic model. But modelling had its complications: "Because I had the face of a twelve-year- old, but a matured figure!" Her extraordinarily, fascinatingly deep singing voice took her into recording (with three singles and her first album made during the production of "U.F.O.") and cabaret. As a cabaret artiste, she has reached top billing on one of the biggest circuits, and it was her singing that provided her with her first major TV break when she guested on the "Discotheque" programme andwas asked to remain as a regular singer and commere. The show ran early in1969, and while in "U.F.O.", Ayshea was signed up for a further series of the programme. Her other TV appearances have included a wide range from "Othello" to "Mickey Dunne". Her movie appearances include "The Winslow Affair" and "Nine Hours to Rama". In the theatre she has appeared in "The King and I" and a mimeplay at Drury Lane. But her stage, film and TV appearances had nothing whatever to do with her being cast for her role in "U.F.O." - it was an ultra-glamorous picture of her in a Sunday newspaper that did the trick! Of her eye-catching, pale grey catsuit, which at first glance makes one wonder if she has anything on at all except for her belt and insignia, Ayshea says: "I was embarrassed at first because it made me feel naked, although Iwas covered from head to toe! Now I love it because it makes one feel so free and easy. If this is the clothing of the future, I'm all in favour of it!" ------------ --------- Hope this helps, Griff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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> Thanks for highlighting that source Griff and to Marc for uploading it -
> fascinating to find out more about more about UFO's background > performers. No need to stop at just reading about Ayshea... I've got the entire UFO "Press Book" online: http://ufoseries.com/marketing/pressBook.txt Marc |
Thanks for the reminder about this. I haven't read this for a long time. There is a lot about Ed Bishop and his ancestry. It would be fascinating to know about the thieves and general in his past!
But this is the part that brings a smile to my face, "His professional career began on 15th. July, 1961, as a gregarious, happy-go-lucky American sailor in "Look Homeward Angel" at the Pembroke Theatre, Croydon." 15th July 1961 was a Saturday and at 11.45 BST yours truly was born in Oxford. Sheila > No need to stop at just reading about Ayshea... I've got the entire > UFO "Press Book" online: > > http://ufoseries.com/marketing/pressBook.txt > > Marc > |
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